The World of Aviation

American Airlines was forced to cancel 230 American Eagles flights as it grounded nearly the entire fleet of its regional offshoot PSA Airlines over maintenance concerns. PSA temporarily removed most of its aircraft from service and cancelled over 200 flights as it worked with the Federal Aviation Administration to address a maintenance issue on its

In this cross-posting with The Conversation, two economics professors from Indiana University uncover how travel bans imposed on incoming arrivals from China and Europe in early 2020 impacted the spread of COVID-19 in the US. The coronavirus was still a far-away problem in Wuhan when US president Donald Trump announced a ban on travel from

The world’s first pop-up mobile airport for eVTOL vehicles and drones is set to open its doors in Coventry, UK, by November this year. Korean car manufacturer Hyundai and British company Urban-Air Port have teamed up for the project, which hopes to see similar small, demountable airports specifically catering to electric cars, air taxis and

The US Air Force has awarded global aerospace and defence corporation Northrop Grumman a long-term contract for continued BACN operations, sustainment and support. Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $3.6 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract for the ongoing support of the US Air Force’s Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN). The prime will be tasked with delivering

Dublin-based SMBC Aviation Capital announced a slew of January deliveries, including an Airbus A320neo donned with a duckling tail to JetSMART. The lessor delivered the A320neo (MSN 10069) equipped with two PW1100G engines to the South American low-cost carrier earlier this week. Notably, the plane donned a yellow duckling on its tail fin. See it

US airlines have pushed back against the potential Biden administration policy that would see pre-flight COVID-19 testing before all domestic flights. The Biden administration said earlier this week it was “actively looking” into mimicking current overseas travel risk management measures with domestic pre-flight COVID-19 testing, in order to get the country’s spread of the virus